A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

After a long kiss, they hovered right there, soundless, simply feeling each other's presence. Tina didn't have the strength to resist Mark and her eyes were covered in a layer of salty water. "Let me go!" she pleaded.

"Why? Does my kiss make you feel disgusted?" he asked. Mark's eye-brows furrowed as he looked at Tina and smiled grimly. "Who are you thinking about right now? Is it Jacob? Jacob has no feelings for you. He hates you the same as you hates me," said Mark.

"Shut up!" Tina screamed at him. Tina could hardly recognize the man standing in front of her. There was a subtle hint of unfamiliarity in him, even though she couldn't put her finger on it. Mark was not the same man he had been before. Something in him had changed.

'Fine. It's okay even if you don't love me. Resonance between two lovers is so rare in the world.'

Mark reconciled with his disappointments and sighed with resignation. "Tina, I can't allow you to be stubborn any more. It's time for you to take responsibility for your own actions. How much pain have you suffered because of Jacob and Emily?"

Tina thought of her face and became angry and morose. "No, I won't give up like this. I will make them pay for what they have done..." Tina promised.

"Leave it to me, okay? I'll surely give you a pleasant result," he said. Mark reached out hoping to brush his fingers down her hair but Tina avoided him. He continued, "As long as you listen to me and don't get into any trouble."

" I. Don't. Trust. You." Tina stared at him and emphasized every word, and she added "I don't trust any of you!"

Mark held her in his arms despite her struggling. The sight of her scarred face, sank his heart. "It's okay. You don't have to trust me. But I will show you anyway," Mark insisted.

Tina gave him a grim smile. As her face became gloomy, she said, " Back off."

"Nope, I will hold onto you forever," he said. Mark moved close to her ears and whispered, "Tina, did you forget? You are not a biological daughter of Tao Family. Although our parents did not expose the secret to the world, you have already lost your identity as Miss Tina Tao."

Stunned, Tina licked her dry lips anxiously.

How could Tina forget? She just avoided thinking about it as she was not willing to accept the truth! Although Mark made sure to keep everything the same as they were before, for Tina's sake!

How could it be the same as before?

not change the fact that she wasn't

Emily always so lucky?' 'Why did God not bless

I will find a plastic surgeon to reconstruct your face..." said Mark. Mark's warm breath passed by Tina's wounds. "Even if they fail to fix your face, it's okay for

her arrogance, her selfishness and her maliciousness... Mark was obsessed with Tina.

you be with, besides me... We are made for one

whisper of love, but it made Tina's skin crawl with terror, as

redemption? Or

...

the Tyrone Mansion.

was conversing with someone over the phone.

and cleared her head. The nightmarish memories of the hotel, gave her

about Jack? Did he make it

thinking of Jack, as Jacob hang up

awake. Do you feel uncomfortable?" asked Jacob.

tried to speak, but she

as he said, "Jack was critically injured, but he's out

a sigh of relief and asked, "Can I visit him at the hospital? After all, he did save

injured so many times because of you. The Gu

as

else," Jacob interrupted. He bent down to kiss her and said gently, "I will take care of Jack. Do not worry

"Jacob..." Emily insisted.

don't want to see

people in the Gu family who really cared about Jack,

the courage to face Jacob directly, but they would not let go of